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How Close Are We to the Antichrist System? | Prophecy Roundtable | Prophecy Watchers
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Hello, I'm Gary Stearman. Welcome to Prophecy Watchers. We have a very special guest with us today. At the other end of our table, Mondo Gonzalez. Introduce our guest.
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Yes, we are here with our good friend J.B. hixon, Dr. J.B. hixon, which we like to have fun with. And I, I really do think that in the last few years, no one has done as an extensive job as JB in documenting where, where the global tyranny is coming, where it's heading, everything else. And so JB has written a three volume series of books which are phenomenal, truly. And we wanted to help you get introduced to the ideas that JB has written about. And so jb, welcome.
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C
Hey, thank you, Madha. And you don't have to call me doctor. His Eminency will be just fine.
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B
Yeah, we could do that for sure, Gary. I mean your, your thoughts really on where the world is right now and, and just here we are.
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Well, I've had conversations with, with JB over the years, bits and pieces, but we've had a fairly long conversation just recently about a, a very, very dimly discernible darkening of global society. And he's written a book called Fade to Black. We had a conversation about that that really impressed me because I think you've nailed it. I think you have put your finger on what's happening right now.
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C
Yeah, it is definitely growing dark. You know, we see the light dark metaphor in scripture really from beginning to end, and we know things are going to get darker before, you know, it's always darkest right before dawn. Right. But I love what the late Adrian Rogers famously said. It may be growing dark, but it's growing gloriously dark. And from a Christian's perspective. So, yeah, I think we need to be aware, we never need to be scared, but we need to be prepared and recognize that things are heading in a direction of a one world political, religious and economic system.
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A
And that really puts the pressure on the believer these days. If you are contemplating these thoughts, your next thought will be, what do I do, Mano? Have you ever felt as much pressure to solve that problem as you do?
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B
Well, you know, it's interesting because, you know, pastoring for a long time, as you did, all of us are pastors. And so you always have the heart for the person that you're called to lead or to guide. And of course to talk about prophecy through the years, you know, it ebbs and flows, no doubt, but sometimes people can be overwhelmed. They can have concerns about, well, what do I do, how do I handle this?
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C
Is it true?
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And of course over the past probably six, seven years we've, we've saw a very sharp shift in 2020. I think everybody knows that there was something happened in 2020, especially as it relates, we had the four years of, of this increased censorship and globalism and global working together, you know, to really, to solve what we call a plan. Demic. But this led to maybe give us a background here JB on the trilogy, you know, the trilogy of the Spirit of the Antichrist books because obviously they were written after that began. So kind of give us, give us a history of that.
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C
Yeah. So I'm glad you asked because it's really a fun story. So like many people, prophecy speakers, I had all of my conferences and speak engagements canceled during the pandemic. And so I had been scheduled to preach at the Mid America Prophecy Conference where I taught for several years, probably 10 years running on a topic, a single 45 minute message called Spirit of the Antichrist. And I had put together seven characteristics of the future Antichrist that I call the spirits of the Antichrist. And I was just going to go through them one by one and talk about how we're seeing an upsurge in those characteristics, which indicates we're getting close to the rise of the future Antichrist. Well, that got canceled. So instead of doing it there, I ended up stretching it into an 18 part video series at my church. You know, I just taught on it for 18 weeks and each week I would expand it and look at more research and what's happening in the world, current events and so forth. So that ended up being an 18 part video series. And then my wife Wendy said, why don't you turn it into a book? And so I set out to write a single volume Spirit of the Antichrist. But I was some 350 pages in and I was still on the first spirit, Spirit of pretense. And so I'm like, this is obviously going to take more than one book. And we ended up spending all of 22 and the first part of 23 putting into, putting it into what eventually became a three volume set. But the, the, the premise is just first John four. Three, that the spirit of the Antichrist is already at work in the world. And then I then say, well, if that's true, the closer we get to the future capital A Antichrist, the more we ought to see an upsurge in these types of characteristics, the spirits of the Antichrist. And so that's what we outline in the book. We dig deep. It's really the culmination in my life of about 15 years at that time of real deep dive study into the Luciferian conspiracy to take over the world. And yeah, it's, it's, it's amazing when you really start uncovering the rocks, what you find?
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Tell me. As you were talking, I was thinking of someone listening to us right now, listening to you, and they have a question. They're saying to themselves, what should I be watching for? He's talking about some of these things already happening. What should I be watching for?
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C
Yeah, I mean, I think this is where knowing the Bible as our starting point is so critical. All of our beliefs, attitudes and practices have to come from God's word first and foremost. So we learn a lot about the future reign of terror, of the beast and the false prophet. We call it the beast system. The Revelation talks about it, Daniel talked about it many times, books of the Bible. Jesus warned about the signs that will be happening during that time, the precursors of that. Absolutely, yeah. They're all over the place. You know, we see technology setting the stage for one world hacking and tracking system. We see, you know, economic digital currencies paving the way for a one world currency. We see ecumenicism and the, the new Pope is paving the way for a one world religion. We see America faltering. And really, especially at the time we're recording this, we've seen some pretty earth shattering things come out of the current administration in terms of its lack of support for Israel. And that's really a watershed moment, I think. I don't know how you guys feel, but I really believe this is a turning point for America. If we turn our back on Israel, it's curtains. So yeah, absolutely.
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A
Well, I'll bless those that bless you. I'll curse those who curse you. And that's a very plain statement to be found in scripture.
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C
Seems plain enough to me. But there are a lot of tin pot theologians out there on YouTube. Just because they have billions of viewers, people suddenly think they're experts and it'd be like me, you know, talking on, not by works about quantum physics and giving my opinion. It's like I don't know anything about quantum physics. Why don't I bring someone on that knows something about quantum physics, you know? But yeah, there's a lot of bad teaching out there about that verse in particular Genesis 12.
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A
Well, you brought up Israel. Magnify that idea. Let's talk about it. For someone in particular of someone who hasn't really watched Israel the way that
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C
you have in scripture well, so it starts with the Bible. Almost the entire Old Testament centers on national Israel. In Genesis 12, God gave an unconditional promise to Abraham and the rest of the Old Testament through prophets, priests, kings and judges. And all of that centers on God's chosen nation, Israel. When Christ came, they crowned him with thorns. Instead of crowning him as King of Kings, they rejected him. All part of God's plan, all predicted in the Old Testament. God has temporarily set Israel aside, not permanently. There is a future for national Israel. Right now, the church, which the New Testament calls a mystery, meaning something newly revealed that was not revealed in the Old Testament, is center stage. We have a job to do. We're here to bring a light to this perverse generation, as Paul says in Philippians, but God's not done with Israel. There are so many clear, specific, detailed prophecies involving geographic boundaries, involving architectural designs of the future temple. I mean, you'd have to throw half the Old Testament out if you don't take these prophecies as literal. And frankly, most of the, all of the prophecies that have been fulfilled were fulfilled literally. So of course, the ones about Israel's future kingdom are going to be fulfilled literally. So you, you know, you have to start with the Bible. The problem, Gary and Mondo, is that for some 1900 years, there was no Israel on our maps. And so that you had the Roman Catholic dominance during the Middle Ages and a lot of, you know, bad teaching. And so we believe that in 1948, when Israel reemerged as a nation state, that was a super sign, that was a clear indication with prophetic significance of what's to come. Other people that don't know the Bible think it's part of some weird, you know, Zionist conspiracy to take over the world. And, and so they, they, they've come up with all kinds of misinformation about Israel. But, you know, read the Bible. We know Christ is going to reign. Where? In Jerusalem, in a literal temple on a literal throne. The Battle of Armageddon is going to take place in Israel. So much of prophecy centers on that nation. And what's exciting is that nation is now headlining the news almost every day.
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Lando, talk for a moment about what Israel has been doing. In particular, preparing for worship on the Temple Mount. Ultimately on the Temple Mount, but starting in a lesser way. But nevertheless, they're getting ready. And you have made quite a study of that.
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Yeah, there turned out when you look at the overall trajectory of prophecy, we often use the term convergence, which of course you discuss it in your trilogy, all these different things. And one of them, one of the slices is, you know, Israel certainly becoming a nation, but the other one is the entire Third Temple movement. And under that is, you know, the red heifer and other things. And so we watch all of this unfold and it's progressing. We're not saying that we're, none of
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C
us endorse the idea of a Third
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Temple or whatever, but we're just simply, I feel like we're reporters in all this, that we're reporting the news, we're reporting the events that are happening. And to me, you know, jb as it relates to like, again, I think in terms of, I have people email me, say, hey, how can I reach my grandson or my granddaughter? They're 18, they're teenagers, or my, or my adult son, there's 30 maybe they've, they've become all millennial. They don't believe any of this stuff. And I think that your trilogy documenting, I mean, of course you're very exegetical in all your theological pursuits and you know, systematic theology, et cetera, but how does, how does your trilogy help? I mean, getting it in their hands, I mean, that's really the point is we want to help them to see what's happening. Look around. How can.
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C
Yeah, that's a great question. So we had really two goals in mind as I was unfolding this. On the one hand, our awakening, I say our meaning, me and Wendy, my wife, to the world as it really existed, was a pivotal moment in our journey. And that happened about 15 years before I wrote that trilogy. And I was in academics at the time. And a well respected colleague and friend of mine, one of my best friends to this day, sat me down at lunch and began to share some things that I thought were crazy, I'd never heard of before. And that started me down this rabbit hole that has become, you know, a big part of our worldview. So part of my goal was to help other Christians break free from the deception that is all around us and realize things are not always as they appear. So we really, we tackle a bunch of lies and conspiracies and always like to remind people, I don't believe in conspiracies except the ones that are true. And so many of them are true. Those are the ones we tackled in the book. But my other goal became, as I, as I worked through this, and this goes back to sort of the pastor's heart and the way the Lord wired me was I want to help unbelievers come to know the Lord as their savior and recognize that he died and rose again for their sins. And so the book, and I say this all the time as I'm talking about the books. If you just thumb through the table of contents, you'll see topics that will draw different people in for different reasons. If you're into UFOs, we got two chapters in there on that. If you're into geoengineering or chemtrailing, if you're into the Hegelian dialectic, or if you're into other, you know, conspiracy, Bigfoot, all of the cryptids are all in there. Black Eyed Kids gets to shout out in there. So I mean, we cover a whole range of things. And so I'd like to say there's something in there that will, will target just about everybody. And then as they begin to read it, hopefully they'll find that, oh, this is, this is interesting. It's a fairly easy read. I never heard of this subject. Let me, let me see what that has. You know, what to say about that. Mockingbird Media, MK Ultra, mind control, all of those things. And we explain how they all come together under a Luciferian conspiracy to defeat God and take over the world. So give the gospel, you know, sort of intermittently as it naturally comes up in the flow of thought. But at the end of each of the three volumes we also have an epilogue which clearly, you know, hits the nail right on the head and it's like, hey, you need to know Jesus. And so I think it's got a twofold goal to wake up believers first, S5,6. But also to help unbelievers realize there's more happening than what they really thought.
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Well, I'd like for you to comment on the. The war machine in today's world. Russia pushing to the west, then you go south to the Middle east and down through Lebanon, which is daily under fire these days. You look at Turkey and then you look over at Iran, of course, and then you go east through India and China and the wonderful people who are getting ready for something in China, we don't quite know what. And as we look at this whole journey, Mass of power. What does the Bible say about that? Where are we in Bible prophecy?
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Yeah, it's really interesting that a lot of the players on the world scene today are not necessarily aware that they're part of a broader prophetic plan, that they're part of a broader Luciferian conspiracy. As I describe, in the three volume set, there's three primary outposts of the Luciferian conspiracy. You've got Russia, China and the west, primarily America. And not everybody is read into the fact that this is, you know, something that is happening at Satan's behest to try to dominate the world. A lot of these evil world leaders want it for their own power. They want it for their own lust for. For whatever it is, money, sex, power, you name it. So, absolutely, Putin sees himself as a potential world leader. So does China. And so. But what's interesting is if you step back and look at it through the lens of scripture, all the pieces are sort of falling into place exactly the way scripture says. Take Turkey, for example. You mentioned Turkey. Well, Erdogan, ever since he was mayor of Istanbul years ago, he famously said, and you can watch the video online when he was mayor, that democracy is like a tram. You ride it till you get to your destination and then you get off. In other words, he thinks democracy is just a means to an end. What's that end? Global tyranny. And for the life of me, I can't see why Erdogan and Turkey are still part of an ato. And then going back to the Russia, Ukraine thing, never mind what he's saying now, with the Iran war, it's like, this is clearly someone who's not an ally, so. And yet scripture says Turkey plays a key role in that Northern alliance that will invade Israel someday. So, yeah, there's a lot of geopolitical things that are, like, snatched straight from the pages of Scrooge.
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That quote is amazing, given what's happening in America today. Watching our own government, can we say, crumbling a little bit and being pushed very hard by Marxist thinking.
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Yeah.
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I mean, Curtis Jarvan is a hugely influential thinker who has. Is joined at the hip with key government leaders like J.D. vance, for example, and Peter Thiel. In fact, Peter Thiel, J.D. vance and Curtis Yarvin within the Silicon Valley and the Technocracy movement are known as the. The trifecta of the Neo Reactionary movement, or the Dream Team. The Neo Reactionary Dream Team is what they call it. Well, what does Curtis Yarvin want to do? He's made no bones about it. You can watch interviews on Fox and cnn. Tucker interviewed him. He wants to destroy the Constitution, destroy the Congress, the Senate, the White House and the Supreme Court, and install a monarch in its place. That the only way where America's going to be able to. To. To. To solve the economic crises and other crises that we have is to destroy what this country is founded on. Start over with a monarch. I mean, it's stunning to me that a sitting vice president would not only have nice things to say about something like that, but why not just avow yourselves? I mean you're, you take an oath to defend the Constitution and you're singing the praises of a guy that wants to destroy the Constitution. So something is afoot. There's a, there's a whole movement and frankly the church has been co opted into that. The whole NAR and Kingdom now type theology, Reconstructionism. Something is afoot that is makes you think, gives the impression that America is teetering on the brink.
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Okay.
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I think, and I'd like your comment at this point on what is the status of the church today.
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Yeah.
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In the midst of all this that you're talking about.
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Yeah, for sure. What's interesting is the first book I wrote after the trilogy was called the Great Last Days Apostasy. How the American Church is Falling Away. And so my take on there, and it's a little more theological in nature, a little less conspiratorial, but I felt like it was needed because of that very question, because the church is here for a reason. We have a job to do. God has us here for a reason. And so there is a falling away taking place that takes two forms in the church. There are both fake Christians, that is, people who've never been saved by grace through faith. They may think they're saved or they may align themselves with a church or a movement, but they've never personally trusted in Jesus Christ for salvation. So I call that fake Christians. And then there's also faltering Christians, those who may be saved. They've trusted in Christ, but they're swept up in a tide of bad teaching, bad theology. They're not really in the word of God like they should be. They're not going to hear well done, good and faithful servant. And so on any given Sunday. Gary in. In our American churches in particular, we find people that aren't really saved and people that may be saved but they're backslidden. They're not plugged in. And so that just leaves one group, the remnant. And you know, the remnant is small and that God has always moved in the remnant every age. It was only eight people that got on the ark. It was only, you know, a splattering that followed Christ to the cross. So, you know, we understand the remnant principle, but it really makes it more important than ever before for us in these great last days to get in the word of God, proclaim the truth, rise above the sun, to use Solomon's words and recognize that everything we see going on around us is, is not the end all be all of life.
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Now, in your book Fade to Black, which I'm holding a copy of this. This is my copy, by the way. I'm not letting go of it. He's done a lot of research about what's happening today. And you, you talk about arcane things like the ufo, of events that are taking place at an increasing frequency right now, and you begin to pull some of these strange things together and make the case that we're moving quickly along into what are called the last days.
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Yeah, no question. I think we're in the last of the last days. And that's really the conclusion that I came to from the trilogy was that, wow, we're even closer than I thought. You know, when things are heating up on Earth and we can talk about geopolitics, we can talk about the woke agenda that you sort of referenced a bit ago. A lot of things clearly from a moral, social, geopolitical standpoint that indicate things are unraveling. But when you talk about UFOs, you're talking about the spiritual realm, the unseen
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realm, not from another galaxy, but another spiritual plane. Of course, we're talking about something satanic.
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100%. Yeah. So the battle, let's not forget, started in the celestial realm. That's where it started and that's where it's going to end. Right. And so it's bled over into Earth as Satan took third of the angels and and is attempted to take over the world. And so absolutely, you know, the dawn, dawn of the modern UFO era is often marked in 1947 with the Kenneth Arnold and Roswell sightings, which were about 10 days apart. Obviously the spiritual realm and battles in the spiritual map go all the way back 6,000 years. But it really seems to have reached a climax when Israel reemerged and Satan recognized we must be getting close to God's plan because Israel is now back in the. And I think it's just gonna. It's just gotten worse and worse since then. So much so that now, and this is what I talk about in the trilogy, we got mainstream news, you know, reports talking about a congressional hearings under oath, public hearings, special committees allocating taxpayer funds to investigate these things. I mean, this is a whole new era. And I'm sure it's exciting for a guy like you studied ufology for years, but it's. You've always been thought of as, oh, you're one of those tinfoil hat guys. But now it's. It's Legit. And it should be legit because it is legit. It's a biblical concept of spiritual warfare. These are not little green men from Zeta Reticuli. It's evil celestial beings manifesting themselves in preparation for the final battle.
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Just think, you don't have to think very far. Go back to the Old Testament and you have the appearances of angelic creatures and you have various spiritual events taking place here and there that, that have a positive and sometimes a negative effect on society. The whole Old Testament of the Bible is full of events, apparitions, shall we say, like that. And yet we come into our era and we say, no, they're coming from another galaxy. But they're not. They're the same personalities, I suppose.
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Yeah, it's all part of the great deception. I mean, you know, I get into that in the series shape shifting, skin walkers, other paranormal type activities. But we know from scripture and again, everything has to run through the lens of God's word that angelic beings can take on human form. We saw that in Lot's day. We saw it with good angels. We saw that in Genesis 6 with bad angels. We saw that in, you know, plenty of times through scripture. Hebrews 13 tells Christians in the present age to be careful to entertain strangers because they might actually be an angel. And you didn't know it. So there is absolutely this manifestation of spiritual beings who put on human flesh in a shape shifting sort of way and they walk among us. And there's also the animal, animal skin walking type things. You know, you mentioned Bigfoot or some of those ideas. Again, you know, the question isn't are they real? The question is what are they? According to scripture, the evidence is overwhelming that there's something lurking out there in the woods. You know, interpret. Yeah. And how do you interpret it from a biblical perspective? Yeah.
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I think the other thing that, which I appreciate what JB did and maybe you can highlight some of that for us is so, you know, the Antichrist gets a lot of the attention and the, you know, spirit of the Antichrist. And as you mentioned in scripture that his actions. Multiple Antichrists we know that have been around. But then the, the guy that seems to get left out often in Revelation 13 is Help us to understand who that guy is because. And his. Is he involved today? I mean, you have the spirit of the Antichrist in, in many Antichrist, et cetera, being involved, involved in shaping the world today and the again the Luciferian agenda. What about this other guy?
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Yeah. So what's interesting is, as I said I kind of come up, came up with seven characteristics of the Antichrist. And then I said, are we seeing the signs preparing the way for that? That got me through volume two. And then it occurred to me just what you're saying, Wait a minute. The evil leaders in that future tyrannical time involve a sort of a co pilot, a vice president, a second in command, a two ic. Right. And that's the false prophet. So I decided to add a third volume right on the heels of it just a few months later, explaining the role of the false prophet. And I discovered that throughout human history, behind every tyrant is a lesser known but equally important two IC, or second in command. So, yes, Revelation 13 describes the role of the false prophet who will oversee the economic and religious aspects of the coming one world system. He will cause everyone to worship the image of the beast. That's another fascinating subject as well. What is the image of the beast? He'll oversee the mark of the beast system. And, and so, you know, I don't like to play pin the tail on the Antichrist or the false prophet, but I do think both of them are likely, at least Satan's candidate for both of them are likely to lie today.
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Because when you said the image of the beast, I have to throw in two letters, AI and put that in the equation.
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Yeah.
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C
So my view, and I'm not alone on this, but I really believe that embodied AI is a key player in not only our current economic system and things in preparation, but for the Rapture and the beast system, but particularly during that future seven year system.
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B
So what's it, when you say embodied, are you thinking like a robot, like, like optimist that Musk is talking about, or something different?
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We're talking about that with skin on. Right. Because robots are much more cuddly when they can breathe.
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Right.
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That's what my friend Strat Goodhue says. But yeah, it's robots that look like humans. Embodied AI in that sense. Like, you know, we know what robots are. They're in warehouses putting boxes up and they're helping vacuum your, your living room. But we're talking about human robots that look like humans. It's, it's uncanny valley. You know, technology people will be familiar with that term right now from a distance. You know, you can make a robot look like a human, but as you get closer and closer, it's obvious. Oh, that's fake. You know, that's. The eyes don't look right.
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Well, sadly, I mean, and you see some of this in some of the sex robots or Some of the sex things that they're doing where they're, they look a hundred percent like whoa, that's human. And it looks very human. And then of course to add the mechanics underneath of it and the, the
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personality, the personality and, and the functionality. And this is where I'm going with this in the beast system. Back to your question. So first of all you have to know a little bit about sort of world history and, and, and how tyrants function. They love to have images of themselves put up. Think Nebuchadnezzar's statue. Well from creation, God has intended for mankind to be his images bearers. We are made in the image of God the imago day. So we are his image bearers. And so that's why Satan hates humanity because when he sees us it reminds him there's a creator. So he's trying to kill and destroy humanity, recreate humanity 2.0, you know, order out of chaos, build back better, all of those concepts. So now fast forward to the seven years tribulation, the midpoint, I believe it's likely that Satan, that the Antichrist will deploy with the help of the false prophet, millions of many Antichrists, many me's, the ones that look like the Antichrist. So much so that you won't be able to tell if you're actually looking at the Antichrist or not. And that will be twofold purpose number one, to remind the world who's in charge. Same idea as setting up these images throughout the ancient Near East.
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So that phrase, the image of the beast is very powerful phrase found in Revelation. Yeah, now that really rings a bell as you, as you speak.
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C
Oh yeah, that's, that's it. These little images of the Beast are going to be everywhere. And not only are they reminding people who's in charge, but I think they serve a functional purpose. And this is where AI and technology comes in because they're looking and hearing and listening and recording and sending it all back to the central headquarters in Babylon. And that's why the Antichrist is going to know that whether you've taken the mark or whether you've bought and sold or whether you've gone further than you were supposed to travel. I mean the Bible says they're going to have that kind of full spectrum control. But Satan's not omniscient, neither will the Antichrist be. He's not omnipresent. But these many images of the Antichrist I think will give him that opportunity. Now obviously that's speculative. That's my sort of trying to Connect the dots, as we do, with what Scripture says to how it might, what it might look like. So I'm not going to die on that hill, but I think that makes sense to me.
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Could you answer one more question for me while we're on this camp? We? I, I'm thinking of the false prophet as you're talking about all the, the, the sort of mechanical things, the, the apparatus of the Antichrist. But who's the false prophet? What does he do? What's his role?
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Yeah. So the. According to Revelation 13, he serves at the pleasure of the Antichrist, and he's out there overseeing this mark of the beast system, which involves religion and worship, as well as finance and control and whether you can buy and sell. So I think he's sort of put in charge of that the same way a president might put someone in charge as an education czar or, you know, this or that. He's going to be given special power and authority to make sure that the wishes of the Antichrist. And remember, at that point, the Antichrist is indwelt by Satan. So we're really talking about Satan controlling the world, and the false prophet will be the one in charge of making that happen. Wow.
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And so we're close to something very, very large on a global level. In other words, things are about to change radically.
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I, I really think so. Again, we can't set dates. We're not here to, to be sensational. We could be here many more years. I don't know. The Lord is the ultimate arbiter of the timetable. But, you know, the first century Jewish people made the mistake of not paying attention to the signs. They should have clearly known this was the Messiah, yet they were blinded and didn't do it. We don't want to make that same mistake as Jesus says in Matthew 16. And so I think it behooves us to recognize how close we're getting to the Antichrist system as I talk about in the series. Because if we're getting close to that, that means the Rapture's even closer.
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Right.
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And we want to be ready for that.
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Yeah. Your three books, by the way, begin with this little phrase, the Spirit of the. And the first one is the Antichrist and the Dead. Volume one, the Antichrist, Volume two, Spirit of the False Prophet. The False Prophet. Could the false prophet be around today?
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C
I think he is. My view, and I know there's differences of opinion on this. You know, we love to talk about it in theological roundtables like this. You know, I think that the Antichrist is gentile and the false prophet is probably Jewish. You know, the Antichrist, the type of the Antichrist is Antiochus Epiphanies. He was clearly a gentile. Several other passages sort of lead us down that road. But the false prophet, that's another story. I mean, he could, he could easily be Jewish, which will get the unbelieving Jewish people to sign on to this one world religion, which is going to be a pluralistic sort of one huge tent. He's not going to be Muslim or, you know, Buddhist or Hindu or New Age. It's a combination of all of those things under one new religion. But yeah, I think they're both potentially alive today. If I had to guess, I would say, yeah, they're alive today.
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A
Mondo, do you have any further questions?
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B
Well, I mean, I guess it goes back to, you know, what I kind of started at the beginning is that for those that are looking again to get up to speed, I think maybe, Taylor, your thoughts on how this can help again, maybe a newer Christian again, there's so much, there's so many times people write in and be like, what can I have? How do I get started on this? How do I understand what's happening in the world today? What can I give again my teenager, my grandson or my son? I think this is, this, is, this three volume set to me is going to be right up because as you said, there's so much fun. There's fun things in here too.
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C
Oh yeah, there's fun things and there's something for everybody. So we have enough time now since these came out to sort of start getting some data. And so it's been out for about three years and we've gotten a lot of anecdotal evidence from emails and people calling our ministry explaining how they gave a copy of one or all three of the volumes to their son, their daughter, their grandson, their granddaughter, their friend. Because let's say, for example, there's a whole section in here about fake elections. Right? That was a big deal in 2020.
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A
Right.
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C
And a lot of people, that was what woke them up, that something's not right here. And so you go, hey, you should read chapter whatever in this book. And it talks about it. So they read it and they resonate with it. Even if they're not a Christian or they don't, don't understand the spiritual implications of it, they resonate with it. And then they go, well, what's this chapter on fake news? What's this chapter on vaccines and big pharma? That was another big One, right. And so they start. And the first thing you know, whether they intended it or not, they're starting to think through a biblical explanation for all that's happening in the world. And then they go to volume two and so forth. So, yeah, I think it's, it's a great apologetics tool in that sense, but also for believers who have been locked into this simplistic right left, Republican, Democrat, good guy, bad guy mentality and never really chose to look behind the curtain, it's going to take you behind the curtain and challenge.
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B
I thought Jesus was a Republican.
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C
Yeah, no, no, God is not a Republican. That's one of the statements I make in the book is like, I know this is going to come as a shock, but God is not Republican, you
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B
know, so I think that that's the super important thing is that this, the scripture and you know, we had to, you know, you dance this road as a Bible teacher, as a pastor too, is, look, God is, you know, it's. We always say God's on our side and it's no, we need to be on God's side, whatever that is. And so there is this left right mentality that disrupts the ability to understand and to have dialogue and to get to the truth. That's what I think is important there is that it goes back to the matrix, is that Jesus said in John 3 that unless you're born again, you can't even see the kingdoms. And so you can't see what God is doing in the world. And so I remember I wasn't saved. 18. I remember getting saved and going, all this was happening and I didn't know it. I really felt angry. I felt it was like this cognitive dissonance because I was like, I was so blind to seeing all this. And that's. I think what, what you're trying to say is you're trying, trying to take the mask off and say, look behind all these things of deception.
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C
Yeah, yeah. You may not agree with every fine point in there, and that's fine, there's room for disagreement, but it's, it's. Something's not right. Things are not as they appear. And especially in some big areas. I mean, some of the conspiracies that, that, that we talk about in there, you know, most people had no idea. You know, I certainly didn't. And, and like you say, then I kind of got mad at myself. I felt bad that I was duped. Right. You know, Mark Twain famously said, it's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled. And, boy, that's. That was true for me because to admit I'd been duped would be to admit, you know, that I was naive or that I was a fool. And, and so, but once you sort of go down that road, then you just, you, you hunger. What else have I been lied to about? And so you just start uncovering rocks. And so that's really what the three volumes are about. Exposing the Luciferian conspiracy and all that that entails to ultimately usher in the age of the Antichrist.
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B
Amen.
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A
Wow, that's a lot to contemplate over a very short time. And your book, Spirit of the Antichrist, Spirit of The Antichrist, Part 2, and Spirit of the False Prophet are just amazing compilations of, I think, easily understood observations about what's happening in the world today. And you need to know what's happening in the world today because I think things are going to get faster and faster. What do you think about it?
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C
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the time is short. Satan certainly feels like time is short. That's why he's ratcheting up and harnessing all the powers of the evil realm to try to get things ready. And, you know, whether it. Whether the Rapture happens today, tomorrow, or not, for 50 years, we need to be ready. We need to always be ready and watchful.
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A
JB it's been great.
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C
My pleasure. One time. Yeah.
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A
Mondo, we need to do this again.
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B
Yes.
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A
I'm Gary Stearman and I would just like to say keep watching. We are.